Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between
the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white
dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth was a dragon of many
talents, though almost everyone on Pern thought he was a runt that would
never amount to anything. But Jaxom knew better, knew he could teach his
dragon to fly and to destroy the deadly silver Threads that fell from
the sky. Disobeying all rules, Jaxom and Ruth trained in secret. Their
illicit flights seemed but a minor disobedience - until they found
themselves in the path of danger and in a position to prevent the
biggest disaster of all.